Senior Scientific Director, Medical Publications

🕒 May 8

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Red Nucleus

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501 - 1000 employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare Insurance • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals

Red Nucleus is a company specializing in healthcare and life sciences services, offering a wide range of advisory and scientific services. With over three decades of experience, they provide solutions across the life sciences product life cycle, aiming to improve health outcomes. Their services include market access and commercialization, medical communications, and learning and development. Red Nucleus also offers products like DirectusPRO and iTakeControl. They focus on supporting strategic and operational challenges in healthcare through their expertise in areas like Quality, Clinical, Safety, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs. The company employs a team of over 700 members dedicated to advancing knowledge and improving lives.

📋 Description

• Lead one or more large/high‑complexity accounts; define and drive integrated medical/scientific communication strategies (publication planning, communications tactics) • Serve as principal scientific contact for client stakeholders and clinical leads; align scientific strategy to brand priorities • Establish quality standards and best practices across assigned teams • Oversee high‑quality content across manuscripts, congress materials, training content, digital assets, and MLR‑regulated materials • Conduct detailed scientific reviews for accuracy, alignment, and stylistic consistency (AMA, client style guides, journal/congress guidelines) • Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards (e.g. Good Publication Practices, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors guidelines, PhRMA guidelines) • Lead/defend submissions in MLR systems; resolve scientific issues independently • Lead scientific discussions, workshops, speaker trainings, and advisory boards; represent the organization externally • Provide scientific leadership in pitches and proposals; partner with Client Services on resourcing, scoping, and forecasting • Manage 3-5 direct reports (ASDs and SDs); conduct performance evaluations, set goals, and guide career development • Identify training needs; create structured development plans to grow capability • Contribute to scoping and resource planning for assigned projects; escalate risks proactively • Support recruitment efforts for on-team hires • Maintain strong version control, documentation discipline, and adherence to internal procedures • Optimize scientific workflows and processes to improve consistency and efficiency • Anticipate risks and complex issues; implement mitigation plans; share therapeutic/industry insights to elevate team knowledge

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree in a scientific or healthcare‑related field preferred (eg, MSc, PhD, PharmD, MD) • Candidates with a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree plus extensive experience may be considered • ~8+ years’ medical communications/medical writing experience, including multi‑asset or multi‑account leadership and scientific team oversight • ~3+ years’ people management and coaching experience • Excellence in scientific writing, editing, data interpretation; mastery of publications standards when applicable • Strategic thinking and client leadership; expert facilitation and presentation skills • Strong understanding of clinical research and regulatory landscape; comfortable guiding MLR submissions • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, graphic and image generations software, and collaboration platforms • Strong organization/time‑management

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote/hybrid based on location • Occasional overnight travel (up to ~20%) • Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus